Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. His film appearances include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), and Intimacy (2001). Rylance won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015). Rylance played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl, and appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. He appeared as James Halliday in Spielberg's 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.

  • Popularity : 14.419
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1960-01-18
  • Place of Birth : Ashford, Kent, England, UK
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Mark Rylance Movies

  • 2010
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    Inside The Institute

    Inside The Institute

    1 2010 HD

    Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

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  • 1991
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    Prospero's Books

    Prospero's Books

    6.8 1991 HD

    An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this...

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  • 2001
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    Intimacy

    Intimacy

    6.3 2001 HD

    Jay, a failed musician, walked out of his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon a woman...

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  • 1995
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    Angels and Insects

    Angels and Insects

    6.4 1995 HD

    In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries...

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  • 2008
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    The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Other Boleyn Girl

    6.7 2008 HD

    A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful...

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  • 1995
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    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    7.7 1995 HD

    Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other...

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  • 2004
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    Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

    Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

    1 2004 HD

    William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the...

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  • 1997
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    Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

    Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

    1 1997 HD

    A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal...

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  • 2001
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    Much Ado About Something

    Much Ado About Something

    5.2 2001 HD

    Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?

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  • 2003
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    Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

    Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

    10 2003 HD

    A performance of Shakespeare's Richard II broadcast live from the Globe Theatre, London.

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  • 2013
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    Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

    6.5 2013 HD

    Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature...

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  • 2014
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    Days and Nights

    Days and Nights

    4.7 2014 HD

    Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton...

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  • 1996
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    Loving

    Loving

    1 1996 HD

    An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dying...

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  • 2020
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    Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories

    Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories

    1 2020 HD

    It's Christmas! Come & celebrate the festive season with Bing... at the Cinema! Meet Nicky... Sula's adorable cousin and open presents with Bing,...

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  • 1992
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    The Grass Arena

    The Grass Arena

    8 1992 HD

    The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he...

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  • 1985
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    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

    3 1985 HD

    The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust.

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  • 2005
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    The Government Inspector

    The Government Inspector

    8 2005 HD

    The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.

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  • 2015
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    Bridge of Spies

    Bridge of Spies

    7.234 2015 HD

    During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison,...

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  • 2023
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    Inland

    Inland

    6 2023 HD

    A young man, of Romani descent, returns to his hometown of Gloucester. He is met by local garage mechanic, Dunleavy. They embrace, smiling. But what...

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  • 2016
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    The BFG

    The BFG

    6.277 2016 HD

    The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle...

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  • 2014
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    We Are Many

    We Are Many

    6.7 2014 HD

    The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.

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  • 2012
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    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    7.5 2012 HD

    'Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.' Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the...

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  • 2015
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    The Gunman

    The Gunman

    5.731 2015 HD

    Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering...

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  • 1986
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    The McGuffin

    The McGuffin

    6 1986 HD

    Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into deep trouble. Hatcher is a movie critic, and for...

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  • 2017
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    Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    7.455 2017 HD

    The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German...

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  • 1987
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    Hearts of Fire

    Hearts of Fire

    3.6 1987 HD

    A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her...

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  • 2018
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    Ready Player One

    Ready Player One

    7.597 2018 HD

    When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

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  • 2011
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    Blitz

    Blitz

    6.2 2011 HD

    A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

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  • 2011
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    Anonymous

    Anonymous

    6.4 2011 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in...

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  • 2005
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    Shakespeare's Globe

    Shakespeare's Globe

    1 2005 HD

    Shakespeare’s Globe is a film offering an intimate look at the working life of a unique theatrical institution. It charts a vivid journey from...

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  • 2021
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    Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Name

    Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Name

    1 2021 HD

    Introduces Edward de Vere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, who travelled to Venice and throughout Italy and Europe in 1575-76, discovered commedia...

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  • 1993
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    Love Lies Bleeding

    Love Lies Bleeding

    1 1993 HD

    Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole...

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  • 1993
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    In Lambeth

    In Lambeth

    1 1993 HD

    All is peaceful in the garden of William Blake - a sanctuary from the stirrings of revolution on the streets. The arrival of an unexpected visitor, ...

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  • 2019
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    Waiting for the Barbarians

    Waiting for the Barbarians

    5.9 2019 HD

    At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals...

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  • 2018
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    Nothing Is Truer than Truth

    Nothing Is Truer than Truth

    4.3 2018 HD

    NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental...

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  • 2020
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    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    7.701 2020 HD

    What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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  • 1970
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    The Way of the Wind

    The Way of the Wind

    1 1970 HD

    A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.

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  • 2022
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    The Phantom of the Open

    The Phantom of the Open

    6.7 2022 HD

    Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and...

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  • 2021
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    Don't Look Up

    Don't Look Up

    7.087 2021 HD

    Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

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  • 2022
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    The Outfit

    The Outfit

    7.081 2022 HD

    Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in...

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  • 2022
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    Bones and All

    Bones and All

    7.1 2022 HD

    Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter....

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  • 2024
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    Spirit of Place

    Spirit of Place

    1 2024 HD

    Athel and Edward enjoy visiting the wetlands. Edward likes watching the birds, whilst Athel seems to have a much deeper connection to the landscape....

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  • 2024
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    Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

    Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

    1 2024 HD

    Round the corner, not far away, Bing is celebrating his birthday – hooray! Experience your favourite Bing episodes and join in with new...

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  • 2015
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    Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

    Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

    1 2015 HD

    After the success of the BBC drama Wolf Hall, Mark Rylance and the director Peter Kosminsky join Kirsty Wark in the Tower of London to look back over...

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  • 2022
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    The Phantom of the Open

    The Phantom of the Open

    6.7 2022 HD

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  • 2015
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    Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

    7.549 2015 HD

    England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 2022
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    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    2.7 2022 HD

    The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

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  • 2014
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    Bing

    Bing

    7.5 2014 HD

    Bing is a young and lovable bunny learning about the big world around him, with the help of his friends. A warm and gentle animation, based on the...

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  • 2022
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    The Undeclared War

    The Undeclared War

    6.5 2022 HD

    In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a...

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  • 2003
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    Leonardo

    Leonardo

    9.2 2003 HD

    An exploration of the life of Leonardo da Vinci.

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  • 2019
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    My Grandparents' War

    My Grandparents' War

    7.3 2019 HD

    In this four-part documentary series, leading Hollywood actors undertake a fascinating journey into their family's past by re-tracing the footsteps...

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  • 1985
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    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

    6 1985 HD

    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat instrumental in saving...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    4.9 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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